IISD RS coverageIISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) has produced daily web coverage from the High-level Meeting on the Africa Clean Energy Corridor, the Fourth session of the IRENA Assembly, WFES 2014 and the International Renewable Energy Jobs Conference. In addition, IISD RS has produced a summary report from the Fourth session of the IRENA Assembly, WFES 2014 and the International Renewable Energy Jobs Conference. To download our reports, click the HTML or PDF icons below.

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The fourth Assembly of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) closed on Sunday evening. Issues considered during the session included: various organizational and institutional matters, including the work programme and budget for 2014-15 and procedure for appointing the Director-General; IRENA's annual publication RE-thinking energy; IRENA Renewable Energy and Jobs Report; report on RE-map 2030 – IRENA's Global Roadmap to 2030; Renewable Readiness Assessments; the IRENA/Abu Dhabi Fund for Development Project Facility; and the Project Navigator, an online tool to support the development of renewable energy projects.

A ministerial roundtable discussion took place on Sunday parallel to the IRENA Assembly, organized in two parts. The first part focused on the theme "renewables – extending the frontier," and the second part addressed regional initiatives for scaling up investment in renewable power.

The Ministerial Roundtable on "Renewables - Extending the frontier" discussed the potential of emerging technologies for future developments and ways to enhance science, technology and innovation in solar, wind and bioenergy.

The Ministerial Roundtable on "Regional Initiatives for Scaling Up Investment in Renewable Power" discussed how accelerated development of renewable resources at the regional level can help support economic growth, reduce costs, and improve access to modern energy services, as well as how to build political support for such initiatives.

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IISD RS summary report of the Workshop on Renewables – Competitiveness and Innovation, and the Official Opening of the IRENA International Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC), 6-7 October 2011, Bonn, Germany (HTML - PDF)

IISD RS summary report of the Workshop on the Occasion of the Official Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) Inauguration, 6 October 2011, Bonn, Germany (HTML - PDF)